That's a good sign to turn around and walk away...

 

Nissan Tech : "Man this suspension is stiff, did you swap a 350z suspension in this?" || "Man that bar in the rear of your suspension is going to throw off the car's balance." <<Both these comments scared me.

Autozone People : "Man, you should swap those bulbs with these Sylvanias, they're BRIGHTER and BLUER" || (sales guy) : "Dude, this havoline synthetic is way better than that Mobil 1 you're buying"

Best Comment Evarr : (Policeman) "Those clear lights on the sides are awesome, sets it apart from the rest around here."

 

"That thing will never break 15's"

 

Its been called an Altima several times.

 

That's why projectors are better, they don't create confusion J/k, I have friends that have had the same problem. I've also gotten the same oil comment.

I also get the typical, "It's a 4-cylinder, right?" I usually just tell them yes, roll my eyes, and walk away. I also get, "Is that a stick?" "No." "Oh..." and then they walk away.

 

I had my kit on and pulled up to my local autozone... walk in the store and the kids who worked there were peeking out the window saying, "man that is a sick *** sentra SE-R! Where did you get the cool projector lights dude? Are those fender flares?" That was the day I decided to start demodding my car.

 

Two wks ago i'm at the stealership with my sister who's looking to buy a Toyota, the salesman says to me "nice car, is it fast" i say "yeah, she's pretty quick" He starts laughing and says "no it's not, it's a 4cyl" I look at my sister & tell her we need to leave now, he says "you think it's faster then the Avalon?" I tell him "the car by itself no, me behind the wheel more then likely" He laughs and says "if you can beat one i'll give you $15k for your Maxima right here on the spot". I tell him to "put it in writing and get yourself a driver" he laughs and i'm just looking at him and he says "You are going to lose, that car doesn't have any power no matter what you've done to it, do you have a turbo or NOS (yes he said NOS, not nitrious)" I say "Nope, no signifigant performance modifications & if your so confident go put that in writing, stop stalling & get a driver" He then pats me on my back and says he likes me and that he's not going to embarrass me in front of my family and tells my sister I'm young & don't know what i'm talking about. I grab his shoulder, call him an *** (with a smile), and leave.

 

I'll get there eventually...projectors is in my "Future Modifications" list.

 

i went to go get my oil changed, and the guy asked me."Is that a Altima or a Maxima"?

 

Dammmn dude.

 

A guy with a maxima at the track "You know if you put a g35 transmission in your max you will be in the 11's. I know somebody that did it."

 

i've gotten alot of those.

During my 3.5 swap:

"why don't you just swap the sr20 in there?"

"put the skyline engine in your car"

"Put the G35 tranny in there, it's 6-speed"

"Why not make it rear wheel drive at the same time?"

 

one of my first races on the bottle was against a turbo teg, and the kid asked if i had swapped the 350Z motor in it, and i said nope, then he asked if i put an SR in it, and i said no, then i told him it was the v8 from the titan joking aroung and he took me serious. then i popped my hood and showed him what i had, ran him beat him by a couple cars. and then he said that i beat him only because i had a motor out of a 300zx twin turbo. you got to love ricers these days. don't ya.
and i get is that 6 cylinder a lot and people ask if i have jdm headlights because they are black, and politely say no they are cdm(custom dumb motherf*ckers)

 

I have yet to get the Altima compariso Thank God.
-YOu should put a Skyline Engine in there, it'll be a beast.
-You need to get a Japanese MAxima motor, JDM swap.
-Mom's friend: "Fast huh? Comes with a Turbo Supercharger right??"
On my last car 2000 SE bare bones model.
-That's not an SE. They ALL come with a Sunroof and 17s. You must have got ripped off.
-What color is your car? It's like a silver but it's actually Gold! (sterlin Silver mist)

I'll add if I remember.

 

LOL... I gotta use that one. CDM ftw.

 

had my car parked in a friends driveway one day. his parents had friends over and one guy said "nice maxima! isn't that the 2002?" "nope, actually it's the 96." but i know how the body styles are so similar it's hard to tell the difference.

pretty sure he was just talking out of his *** trying to look slightly knowledgeable in front of his wife.

 

haha its funny how salesmen, specially NISSAN's know absolutly NOTHING about cars. they have called my car anything from sentra to 240sx. lol one time the sales man called it an altima and i told him, no its a maxima ! and hes all like "yes you are right, i can tell by the SHAPE OF THE HOOD, SINCE MAXIMAS COME IN 4, THEIR HOOD IS SMALLER THAN THE 3.5 ALTIMA"

i was alll lookin at him in disbelief, these people actually SELL cars??? oh ya, everything is SOOO similar, you can only tell them apart via the hood !

 

Wow dude, that would reeeealy p*ss me off, that 3.5 avalon is 269 hp but probly heavy and an auto, thats when you tell him that(stuff he probly doesnt know about the car he's selling) also mention the maxima hasnt had a 4 cyl engine since, what 1981? and that you could easily hang with that direct-injected SOB with your 3.0 5 speed and the six speed model that came out FOUR YEARS AGO would tear that thing up. then tell him have a good day, your going to the next dealer.

 

Anyway, do you guys feel bad? Or do you correct them? Mostly happens at the dealer, i usually just say "yeah, somethin like that" or "i think so, i'm not sure" Happened a lot when my girl was looking for altimas, on a test drive, the sales guy would say, so you said you have a maxima? i'm like, yeah, 5 speed, i wanted the six though- and they come back with "oh they didnt make a six speed til this year, shame too" i usually just agree instead of starting an argument on a test drive for someone else. Mostly its dumb stuff like getting cylinders or displacement through the years wrong, mistaking the whole car shouldnt happen though, i feel bad for you guys when that happens i.e. nice Sentra!

 

lol....dude people like that you just have to ignore. They are clueless!!! They are insecure about themselves so they have to knock other people so they feel better. Just walk away...that's the worse thing you can do to someone like that. It really gets under their skin. hehe.....

 

5 kids sitting on the hood of my car... I come by and buzz the alarm they jump off... i say i hope you liked the ride on your car...

the kid says nice ferrari... i was like its a maxima you idiot... thats when he shut up and walked away... must of been my nice paint job...

 

From my father while changing my oil. "It doesn't have spark plugs because it has fuel injectors."

 

Hmm
(lophix: has the idea of telling cops, if asked, that he's driving a mercedes next time he gets pulled over)

 

I went to discount tire to get a nail out of my tire.. and the guy says.... its a honda right!?

----> I just thought this was funny but...This other time at the track... I was lined up next to this 1987 grand national who kept on revving it up (it had a loud blow off valve), and some guy runs up to my car and practically sticks his head in the passenger window and says "YOU'RE TURBO'ED!!!??? DANG!!!" I was like... nah, its the car next door

 

Local mechanic shop: "Changing the spark plugs on this car is a complicated process. It's not like normal car, it's ALOT more involved, might take a day or so." WTF!?

Another shop when I went to for them to check my ABS sensors: "You're gonna have to leave the car here for a day for me to scan ALL the sensors, it's an ALL day process." Again WTF!!

The same mechanic while on a test drive puts the car in drive, puts his foot on the brakes and taps the gas a few times so the car jumps. "You feel that? The engine mounts needs to be replaced."

 

maximas have never had 4 cylinder engines the 1st generation had an inline 6

 

Mechanics is another story....... I took my car to get it checked because I was having trouble starting it... i would turn the key and the car wouldnt crank.. everything would turn on though.. I had checked the ignition fuse and it was good...
so I show up to this mechanic that I frequently see and talk to at work. He tells me to leave it there and come back later in the afternoon... When I go back, he says that he ran the diagnostics check and halfway through it, it would reset itself..... told me he would have to check the wiring to the ECU and he would charge me 100.00 just to check that... I went home and thought about what it could be... I decided to take the starter out and get it checked.. turns out, the gear on the pulley was jammed... replaced the starter and the maXX cranked right away.

 

a friend of mine , " i dont have to check my oil , fluids " because my car is under warranty !!

 

Kids on the street... "is that a skyline?"

 

Went to dyno the car. I'm in the office doing signing the waiver and come out to the dyno to find my car tied down to dyno the rear wheels. I walk up and ask the guy what he is doing and he says "I am going to dyno this slow piece of $hit" I told him not on the rear wheels, it's front wheel drive... he then wanted to argue with me. I told the owner I wanted my car off the dyno cuz I was leaving. Owner apologized and offered to dyno for me himself for free. The worker said that it would not make over 150 hp because it is front wheel drive. He was very surprised when I more than doubled it. I got to laugh in the guys face.

Never been back there since... looses.

 

I had just changed the oil on my I-30 with Amsoil and new filter. The next day I had an appointment to bring the car to the local Nissan dealership for a leaking diff. oil seal and inspection. I come back the next day and talk to the technician and ask how everything looks and he says good except that it needs an oil change and filter. I just laughed and said "nice try, I changed it with better oil than you have the day before I brought it hear."

 

I forgot a really funny event that just keeps going. I had a '89 Cressida and when getting the emissions done every SOB kept pulling it up on the front wheels. Everytime before they began to run it I'd run out there and tell them it is rwd. I'd get stuff like "no it's not, it's a camry." One of their people didn't believe me until I told them to look under the car. "Oh, you see that, it's called a drive shaft." Then I sold the car to a good friend and eveytime he gets emissions done, the same S**t!

And one more. A kid I knew that actually has done work on vehicles. We start talking about diesels and he claims they don't burn fuel. He says "It is a compression motor it does'nt burn fuel." I told him it uses compression of the fuel to ignite instead of spark plugs but still burns fuel. "Hey what't that stuff at the gas station called diesel that you put in the tank," HOT AIR!

 

while delivering pizza, stopped at a red light by the rose garden soon after an event ended, some old guy comes up to the car, opens my rear door and asks "gotta fare?"

 

Wait, what?!? Dude, this doesn't make a lot of sense. Why in the hell were 5 kids sitting on your car? All you did was "buzz" your alarm? That would've been someones azz. The last part of what you said doesn't make a lick of sense to me so i'm not going to address it.

 

So far..."What is that? an Altima?"

 

I get that too.

 

(Disclaimer) This is a story I heard!!! Two 6 Gens doing some spirited driving pass a Ford Exploder (spelled correctly) on a rural road doing 130+ MPH, minutes later over the police scanner was a report of a Red Nissan and Silver Honda passed them at a high rate of speed, she said they where moving so fast she couldn't even make out what state their plates where from...

Now for my own experience. I got pulled over and received a warning ticket from a Sheriff (70 in a 50) but then the guy spends the next 15 minutes checking out my car, telling me how he mods, does the car shows etc, etc and just as I'm getting ready to roll, he says sweet Altima...

I could have shot him with his own gun...

 

Some dude walking by my car at a car show: "Hey man.. where did you get that purple tint?"
Me: "It's JDM man.. these cars came with it from the factory."
him: "Oh really? Know of any place I can get it done locally? That's badass!!"
Me: "Uhhh yeah... hit any junkyard in town and find one wtih 15 year old tint on the windows."
him: "What?"
Me: "Nvm. you wouldn't understand"

 

I get this a lot too. It's usually from 8-16 year olds at car shows. I was also asked how much my car cost to import. Most of the time people who do not drive maxima's do not know what my car is. I get more wierd looks than anything when coming into a shopping center going about 2.5-3k in first gear...I think the loud sound of the compressor surging has people puzzled.

 

I have gotten the 4 cylinder question a couple times and also the Skyline question a few more than that. I even had a guy in a Mitsubishi 3000 chase me down to ask if I had the RB engine.

My favorite comment was "You can't get any horsepower with that transmission".